(On-going) Research Projects
Predicting Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children based on Facial Morphological Characteristics: A Deep Convolutional Neural Network Framework
Self-Initiated Project [June 2021 - Present]
[{Abstract, Presentation} at IEEE EMBS International Student Conference - Moratuwa 2021]
Advisors: Dr. Chamira Edussooriya (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Collaborators: Prof. Miyuru Chandradasa (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist), Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Dr. Swarna Wijethunga (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist), Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Sri Lanka, Dr. Darshani Hettiarachchi (Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist), Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Sri Lanka
A Low-cost EEG Amplifier for Long Term Neonatal Neurological Disorder Management- Towards AI-Powered Infancy Epilepsy Screening
Biomedical Research and Innovation Collective (BRIC) [October 2020 - June 2022]
[Report for CASS 2020-2021 Student Design Competition] [Poster Presentation at ASNAC 2023]
Advisors: Dr. Anjula De Silva (Senior Lecturer), Dr. Chamira Edussooriya (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Collaborators: Prof. Jithangi Wanigasinghe (Paediatric Neurologist), Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
A Low-cost AI-Powered Stethoscope for Cardiovascular Disease Management in Resource-Constrained Environments
Biomedical Research and Innovation Collective (BRIC) [May 2020 - June 2022]
[Report for ISCAS 2020 competition] [Demonstration video for ISCAS 2020 competition] [Presentation at ISCAS 2020]
Advisors: Dr. Anjula De Silva (Senior Lecturer), Dr. Chamira Edussooriya (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Collaborators: Dr. Duminda Samarasinghe (Paediatric Cardiologist), Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Undergraduate Engineering Projects
CAMSAT: Paediatric Anaesthesia Monitoring System
Self-Initiated Project [August 2021 - July 2022]
[Report]
Won the 1st runners-up award at the SPARK Challenge 2021/22 - Climate Change-oriented Innovation Competition, Organized by the University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Parasitic Egg Detection and Classification in Microscopic Images
Self-Initiated Project [March 2022 - June 2022]
[Preliminary Report for ICIP 2022 Grand Challenge]
Advisors: Dr. Rukshani Liyanaarachchi (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Respiratory Inductive Plethysmography
Mini Project at University of Moratuwa [November 2022 - March 2023]
[Presentation] [Github]
Advisors: Dr. Anjula De Silva (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Mentor: Sadun Ranasinghe (Lecturer-on-contract), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Single-Purpose Processor Design for Image Downsampling
Semester Project at University of Moratuwa [April 2022 - July 2022]
Advisors: Dr. Jayathu Samarawickrama (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Uninterruptable Mini-Power Supply for WiFi Routers
Semester Project at University of Moratuwa [April 2022 - June 2022]
Advisors: Dr. Ajith Pasqual (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
An IoT-empowered air quality monitoring system integrated with a Machine Learning framework to detect and predict defined air quality parameters
Semester Project at University of Moratuwa [March 2021 - July 2021]
[Presentation] [Github] [Demonstration] [Project Report]
Advisors: Prof. Dileeka Dias, Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Validation of Prediction models of Machine Learning for the Epidemiology of COVID-19
Self-Initiated Project at University of Moratuwa [November 2020 - December 2020]
[Github]
Deep Learning-based Super-Resolution Approach to enhance 2D Ultrasound Images
Self-Initiated Project at University of Moratuwa [December 2019 - February 2020]
[Project Report] [Presentation] [Github]
Extended academic-related semester projects and works could be found on GitHub
Selected academic projects
This is the video presentation with the project title:
"BraiNeoCare: A low-cost and user-friendly EEG monitoring system
for screening neonatal seizures "
for 2020-2021 CASS Student Design Competition
Other Projects
Feature-Fused Parallel Deep Learning Model for Generalized Synthetic Image Detection [IEEE VIPCUP 2022]
Our solution was placed in the Top 5 finalists in the world [August 2022 - September 2022]
Advisor: Dr. Chamira Edussooriya (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Mentor: Jathushan Rajasegaran (PhD Student), BAIR, University of California, Berkeley
Analysis of a vibrotactile P300 brain-computer interface dataset from a patient with locked-in syndrome
Spring School organized by the g.tec medical engineering GmbH [May 2022]
Collaborator: Samuel Louviot (PhD Student), University of Lorraine, France
Ensemble Deep Learning for Enhanced Synthetic Speech Attribution [IEEE SPCUP 2022]
Our solution was placed in the Top 10 finalists in the world [January 2022 - April 2022]
Advisor: Dr. Chamira Edussooriya (Senior Lecturer), Department of Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering, University of Moratuwa
Mentor: Jathushan Rajasegaran (PhD Student), BAIR, University of California, Berkeley
Astrophilia: A Citizen Astronomy Project for the popularization of Astronomy in Sri Lanka
Institute of Astronomy, Sri Lanka [March 2019 - January 2023]
International Asteroid Search Campaign for preliminary near asteroids search
Institute of Astronomy, Sri Lanka [February 2020 - March 2020]
University Management System using Java, SQL, and HTML
Pace Institute, Sri Lanka [September 2018 - October 2018]
[Github]
Note: For selected publications below, PDF versions of the articles are provided, purely for academic, non-commercial and/or personal use ONLY. Further, the versions posted are NOT the final, camera-ready manuscripts and thus, I do not warrant such PDF versions are identical to the final versions available in conference proceedings or journals.
See Google Scholar for latest list!
Ensemble Deep Learning for Automated Dust Storm Detection using Satellite Images
N. Bandara
International Research Conference on Smart Computing and System Engineering [September 2022]
[PDF] [Presentation] [Github] [Proceedings] [IEEE Xplore] [Public Dataset]
ABSTRACT & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Braineocare: a low-cost and user-friendly EEG monitoring system for screening neonatal seizures
S. Rajapakshe, S. Liyanagoonawardena, P. Kandanaarachchi, H. Kariyawasam, J. Pradeepkumar, S. Chandanayake, N. Bandara, K. Wickremasinghe, C. Edussooriya, J. Wanigasinghe, A. De Silva
16th Annual Academic Congress of the Association of Sri Lankan Neurologists [February 2023]
[Proceedings] [Demostration Video]
Predicting Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children based on Facial Morphological Characteristics
N. Bandara, S. Hettiarachchi, P. Athukorala
IEEE EMBS International Student Conference - Moratuwa [February 2021]
[Abstract] [Demostration Video - v1] [Presentation] [Proceedings]
N. Abeynayake, S. Aldeniya, S. Hettiachchi, R. De Silva, N. Bandara
IEEE EMBS International Student Conference - Moratuwa [February 2021]
[Abstract] [Demostration Video] [Presentation] [Proceedings]
N. Bandara, P. Athukorala, S. Hettiarachchi
International Research Conference, Sri Lanka Technological Campus [June 2020]
[Abstract] [Oral Presentation] [Presentation]
WORKSHOPS & PREPRINTS
N. Bandara, S. Hettiarachchi, P. Athukorala
[Preprint] [Github] [November 2021]
Fact-Checking: A Realm for Multi-Stakeholder Model
M. Siu, M. Hatch, L. Kellerhof, N. Bandara, I. Inggrianti
United Nations Internet Governance Forum [November 2020]
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